Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-05-11
STATE NEWS.

THE Wisconsin delegation which Wis
tied the battlefield of Gettysburg to1
the purpose Of selecting sites for mon
uments, went from there to Philadel-
phia and New York, with the excep
tion OF Maj. Traeumer, who visited
Richmond.
EAU CLAIRE theaters are required 10
pay g. $T5 license fee.
K. O. LoFTsGARDEN has been held &c
trial at Madison on O. charge OF fOrg-
ing q note for $500.
SEVERAL families in the southern
part OF La Crosse are said to besutfer-
ing for food and clothing.
THE Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul
Company will double the capacity OF
it's shops at North La Crosse, by erect
ing new buildings and adding new ms
chinery.
The $500" company will build two
commercial docks, two flour docks,
two ore docks and g. coal dock st
Saunders Point, or Gladstone as the
new town is called.
| AN attempt WAS made to wreck q
passenger train near Darlington. Four
ties were fastened to the rails at the
foot of heavy grade. The train was
partly stopped before the obstruction
was reached, but the engine was badly
damaged.
The Eau Claire paper mill averaged
five and one-half tons g. day during
April. The operatives, in common
with others throughout the United
States, have signed a petition to close
from Saturdays to Mondays. Mill
owners too are almost a unit in favor
of the movement as it will not only
give employees the Sunday rest but will
lessen the production of paper and
stimulate better prices.
The sensational reports that the
late DR.. Charles Bruil, of Avoca, and
the notorious Charles Bender were the
same person are emphatically denied.
Objection is being made by some Of
| the property owners west OF Madison
to the appraisals made by the right
| Of way appraisers for the Chicago,
Madison & Northern Company.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railway Company is plating a vii
lage at Tomahawk.
Railway Companies will sell round
trip tickets to the Monona Lake As
sembly for fare and one-fourth.
Hattie Armstrong, of Prairie du
| CHEN, burned to death at Black Lick.
Ohio.
HENRY NIEDECKEN, ST., an old resi-
dent of Milwaukee, died at his resi-
dence in that city on the Sd inst,
aged II years.
The common council of La Crosse
| has taken action to have the river
front cleared of lumber and other
articles.
MAYOR KNIGHT, OF Ashland, has
ordered gamblers to leave the city.
AFTER an idleness of nearly month,
the Milwaukee stove moulders have
| determined to return to work, not
understanding the tabooed st. Louis
patterns.
THE Office and general merchandise
store Of the Northwestern Lumber
| Company, at Porterville, burned on
| the Sd, most of the contents being
saved. The loss, $4,000, was fully
covered by insurance in the Lumber
mans and Manufacturers and the
| Mutual Fire, of Eau Claire, the Ma
tional, of Hartford, the Traders Of
| Chicago, and the Phoenix and British
| America.
A COMPANY with $21, 900 capital
stock has been incorporated at Stur-
geon Bay to build g. bridge across
Sturgeon Bay.
THE farm house of Charles New
burg, near La Crosse, was destroyed
by fire.
GEO. ". FoRRAY, Of Egg Harbor,
received notice, from the pension Office
at Washington, that his pension claim
had been allowed. He received 81 900
back pay and $24 per month.
REV. r. VILATTE is at Sturgeon Bay,
arranging to build g, Catholic cathe-
dral and bishops residence there.
BAYFIELD, IS to be lighted by cleo
tricity.
FIRE in one of the buildings OF the
Best Brewing Company, at Milwau-
kee, on the I'd, caused a loss of about
| $4,000.
THE Milwaukee coopers, to thenum-
Der of 500, struck on the I'd for S
per cent. raise in wages.
A BABE belonging to woman from
Stetsonville died on a Wisconsin Cen
trail train while en- route to Ashland.
It had suffered from a fractured leg
that had remained unreduced Tor eight
days. The passengers purchased a
coffin and arranged q proper burial of
the little one.
AN aged German named Frederick
Tick committed suicide at La Crosse
on the I'd by shooting.
JOHN PATzKI, while at work unload
ing the schooner Boaz at Milwaukee,
on the I'd, fell into the water and was
drowned.
AT La Crosse on the night OF the ist,
John f. Bowe, while asleep, walked
from g. second-story window. He was
only slightly hurt.
THE official count shows Harlow S.
Orion to have received 1877, 944 votes
for justice of the supreme court.